Drink Up in January

Hey boys, it's already January, and you know what that means, right? You don't? Well, then, let me tell you: January is National Hot Tea Month. How cool is that?

Of course, we don't need any particular reason to drink tea (other than the fact that it is great stuff), but hopefully, we can use January as an opportunity to try some new teas and spread the word about how amazing tea truly is. Please spread the word, and remember to tell your male friends that "real men drink tea!"

Hat tip to Teapot Diversions for the information about National Hot Tea Month. In addition to learning that tea has its own month (I wonder if there is also a national iced tea month?), I have discovered a new blog that has some great content.

Happy New Year

May your year be filled with black, white, green, oolong, pu-ehr, red,* and herbal teas!**

Have you ever noticed how comforting a hot cup of tea can be on a cold winter's night? Despite the biting January frost, the tea warms my whole being. Ahhhhh, great stuff!

It's January 3. With the holidays slowly becoming a memory, I want to focus on more tea drinking and, of course, tea blogging. I'll have plenty of teas to savor and mention here, because my parents, brother, sister-in-law, and nephew gave me a lot of tea as gifts for Christmas and for my birthday (November 28). I look forward to drinking them and writing about them.

Here's to a safe, healthy, happy, prosperous, peaceful, and tea-filled 2008!

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* Or rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) herbal infusion.

** Or herbal infusions.